Transcript Higher Education Subcommittee October 14, 2010

Higher Education Subcommittee
October 14, 2010
B National Center for Higher Education Management Systems’
(NCHEMS) Analysis and Recommendations on Improving the
State’s Educational Attainment, due December 1, 2010.
C. Statewide and Institutions’ College Default Rate, Possible
Federal Consequences of Default Increases, and Total Loans by
Institution
D The Worth of Degree Programs Across the State
E. Credit Hours Required for Degree Programs Across the State
F. Cost of Courses Dropped Across the State
G. ACT/SAT Cut Scores for Other States
National Center for Higher Education
Management Systems’ (NCHEMS)
Analysis and Recommendations on
Improving the State’s Educational
Attainment, due December 1, 2010.
OVERVIEW
An initiative aimed at increasing college completion.
CCA’s goal is to double the number of college graduates by
2020 and have asked multiple states to collaborate with each
other in doing so.
The following Arkansas representatives attended the May 4,
2010 Alliance of States meeting:
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Rep. David Rainey (Arkansas General Assembly)
Angela Kremers (Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation)
Jim Purcell (ADHE)
Karen Wheeler (ADHE)
Brooks Harrington (ADHE)
“I realize that,
without
improvement in
higher education,
our economic
development
efforts will face
enormous
barriers.”
-Gov. Mike Beebe
Complete College America is an initiative aimed at increasing
college completion.
CCA’s goal is to double the number of college graduates by
2020 and have asked multiple states to collaborate with each
other in doing so.
CCA PLAN TEMPLATE
ESSENTIAL STEPS FOR STATES
LEAD
ACT
MEASURE
INNOVATE
Set State and Campus Completion Goals
Uniformly Measure Progress and Success
Shift to Performance Funding
Reduce Time to Degree and Accelerate Success
Transform Remediation
Restructure Delivery for Today’s Students
PROPOSED ARKANSAS
HIGHER EDUCATION STRATEGIC PLAN
Six Goals
1. Degree Production
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Redesign programs to meet the criteria of “Speed to Market—Close
to Customer” in a modern global society including accelerated
degree programs, modular program designs, and effective use of
instructional technology.
Increase college-going rates in counties below the state average.
Close the college achievement gap of minority students.
Increase number of adults attending/returning to college
Encourage the redesign of developmental education statewide and
provide state support for innovative programs.
2. Program Quality and Viability
3. Two-Year Colleges and Workforce Training
4. Research
5. Teacher and School Administrator Effectiveness
6. Stewardship of Resources and Public Trust
POSSIBLE INSTITUTIONAL GOALS
(EXAMPLE @ 6%)
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
ASUJ
1414
1499
1589
1684
1785
1892
2006
2126
2254
2389
2532
2684
ATU
973
1031
1093
1159
1228
1302
1380
1463
1551
1644
1742
1847
HSU
463
491
520
551
585
620
657
696
738
782
829
879
SAUM
370
392
416
441
467
495
525
556
590
625
663
702
2494
2644
2802
2970
3149
3338
3538
3750
3975
4214
4466
4734
UAFS
396
420
445
472
500
530
562
595
631
669
709
752
UALR
1084
1149
1218
1291
1369
1451
1538
1630
1728
1831
1941
2058
UAM
265
281
298
316
335
355
376
398
422
448
475
503
UAMS
290
307
326
345
366
388
411
436
462
490
519
551
UAPB
401
425
451
478
506
537
569
603
639
677
718
761
UCA
1532
1624
1721
1825
1934
2050
2173
2304
2442
2588
2744
2908
Private
2228
2362
2503
2654
2813
2982
3160
3350
3551
3764
3990
4229
TOTAL
11910
12625
13382
14185
15036
15938
16895
17908
18983
20122
21329
22609
UAF
ADDITIONAL GRADUATES NEEDED
EACH YEAR (EXAMPLE @ 6%)
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
ASUJ
85
90
95
101
107
114
120
128
135
143
152
ATU
58
62
66
70
74
78
83
88
93
99
105
HSU
28
29
31
33
35
37
39
42
44
47
50
SAUM
22
24
25
26
28
30
31
33
35
38
40
150
159
168
178
189
200
212
225
239
253
268
UAFS
24
25
27
28
30
32
34
36
38
40
43
UALR
65
69
73
77
82
87
92
98
104
110
116
UAM
16
17
18
19
20
21
23
24
25
27
28
UAMS
17
18
20
21
22
23
25
26
28
29
31
UAPB
24
26
27
29
30
32
34
36
38
41
43
UCA
92
97
103
109
116
123
130
138
147
155
165
Private
134
142
150
159
169
179
190
201
213
226
239
TOTAL
715
757
803
851
902
956
1014
1074
1139
1207
1280
UAF
POSSIBLE INSTITUTIONAL
GOALS (EXAMPLE @ 6%)
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
ANC
268
284
301
319
338
359
380
403
427
453
480
509
ASUB
831
881
934
990
1049 1112 1179 1250 1324 1404 1488 1577
ASUMH
208
220
234
248
263
278
295
313
332
351
372
395
ASUN
275
292
309
328
347
368
390
413
438
465
492
522
BRTC
406
430
456
484
513
543
576
610
647
686
727
771
CCCUA
133
141
149
158
168
178
189
200
212
225
238
252
EACC
294
312
330
350
371
393
417
442
469
497
527
558
MSCC
76
81
85
91
96
102
108
114
121
128
136
144
NAC
319
338
358
380
403
427
453
480
508
539
571
606
NPCC
537
569
603
640
678
719
762
807
856
907
962
1019
NWACC
549
582
617
654
693
735
779
825
875
928
983
1042
Note: Calculations from ADHE SIS – Technical Certificates and Associate degrees awarded in 2009 (does not include Certificate of Proficiency)
POSSIBLE INSTITUTIONAL
GOALS (EXAMPLE @ 6%)
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
OTC
252
267
283
300
318
337
357
379
402
426
451
478
OZC
192
204
216
229
242
257
272
289
306
324
344
364
PCCUA
199
211
224
237
251
266
282
299
317
336
356
378
PTC
1328 1408 1492 1582 1677 1777 1884 1997 2117 2244 2378 2521
RMCC
95
101
107
113
120
127
135
143
151
161
170
180
SACC
218
231
245
260
275
292
309
328
347
368
390
414
SAUT
451
478
507
537
569
604
640
678
719
762
808
856
SEAC
441
467
496
525
557
590
626
663
703
745
790
837
UACCB
226
240
254
269
285
302
321
340
360
382
405
429
UACCH
308
326
346
367
389
412
437
463
491
520
552
585
UACCM
379
402
426
451
478
507
538
570
604
640
679
719
TOTAL
7985
8464
8972
9510 10081 10686 11327 12006 12727 13490 14300 15158
Note: Calculations from ADHE SIS – Technical Certificates and Associate degrees awarded in 2009 (does not include Certificate of Proficiency)
FUNDING OF THE REVIEW OF
HIGHER EDUCATION
Complete College America
$20,000
External funds
$15,000
College Access Challenge Grant
$7,500
Non Traditional No More
$ 7,500
$50,000
Visiting throughout the state: universities, community
colleges, system offices, AATYC, legislators, governor’s
office, agency heads, foundations, and the state chamber
Arkansas Higher Education is Changing
Annual Unduplicated Enrollment, Public Institutions Only
180,000
170,000
41 percent increase in enrollment
Enrollment
160,000
150,000
140,000
130,000
123,139
120,000
110,000
100,000
138,809
173,974
Credit Hours Taken Are Increasing
SSCH of Public Institutions
3,331,478
3,400,000
47 percent increase in credit hours
3,200,000
3,000,000
SSCH
2,800,000
2,647,718
2,600,000
2,400,000
2,266,770
2,200,000
2,000,000
AY1997 AY1998 AY1999 AY2000 AY2001 AY2002 AY2003 AY2004 AY2005 AY2006 AY2007 AY2008 AY2009
Academic Year
Credentials Awarded are Increasing
Credentials Awarded, Public Institutions Only
29,000
79 % Increase in Credentials
27,833
234 % Certificate of Proficiency
27,000
192 % Technical Certificates
120 % Associates Degrees
25,000
25,019
31 % BA/BS Degrees
Credentials
49 % Masters Degrees
23,000
23,543
93 % Doctoral Degrees
22,475
21,608
21,000
19,840
19,000
20,162
18,132
16,674
17,000
15,531 15,498
16,942
15,857
15,000
AY1997 AY1998 AY1999 AY2000 AY2001 AY2002 AY2003 AY2004 AY2005 AY2006 AY2007 AY2008 AY2009
Academic Year
Science and engineering degrees as a
percentage of bachelor’s degree (2009)
47.8% (DC 1st)
28.0%
(45th)
26.2%
(51st)
40.0% or more
35.0% - 39.9%
30.0% - 34.9%
Less than 30%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 American Community Survey, 2009 Table B15010. Note: Population 25 years and over.
Arts, humanities and other degrees as a
percentage of bachelor’s degree (2009)
17.5%
(51st)
31.0% (DC 1st)
18.9%
(48th)
24.9% - 31.0%
21.6% - 24.8%
19.8% - 21.5%
17.5% - 19.7%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 American Community Survey, 2009 Table B15010. Note: Population 25 years and over.
Business degrees as a percentage of
bachelor’s degree (2009)
11.0% (DC 51st)
21.3%
(15th)
24.6%
(1st)
21.9% - 24.6%
19.7% - 21.8%
15.7% - 19.6%
11.0% - 15.6%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 American Community Survey, 2009 Table B15010. Note: Population 25 years and over.
Education degrees as a percentage of
bachelor’s degree (2009)
22.8%
(1st)
6.0% (DC 51st)
21.1%
(6th)
19.3% - 22.8%
15.4% - 19.2%
11.9% - 15.3%
6.0% - 11.8%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 American Community Survey, 2009 Table B15010. Note: Population 25 years and over.
Percent of population with bachelor’s
degree or higher (2009)
17.3%
(51st)
48.5% (DC 1st)
18.9%
(50th)
34.6% - 48.5%
27.6% - 34.5%
23.1% - 27.5%
17.3% - 23.0%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 American Community Survey, 2009 Table B15001. Note: Population 25 years and over.
Postsecondary Certificates & Degrees
Six-Year Graduation Rates in 2008
for First-Time, Full-Time Freshmen Who Entered
Public Four-Year Colleges and Universities
in Fall 2002
U.S.
55%
SREB
AR
Source: SREB-State Data Exchange
53%
37%
By the end of this decade, more than 60% of
jobs will require college education1
Today, 26% of Arkansas’s
young adults aged 25-34
have a college degree.2
26%
Is 26% enough?
1
Carnevale, T., Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2009. High-growth fields based on national projections of total new and
replacement jobs. http://cew.georgetown.edu/research/jobs/79012.html
2 “College degree” means an associate degree, bachelor’s degree, or higher. National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS), 2008 (from
25
U.S. Census Bureau, 2008 American Community Survey Public Use Microdata Sample File.) http://www.higheredinfo.org
Current percentage of young adults
(25-34) with a college degree3
39%
36%
36%
50%
48%
36%
44%46%
34%
40%
44%
43%
46%
44%
28%
48%
36%
34%
36%
38%
43%
36%
53%
46%43%
46%
45%36%
36%
28%
41%
41%
42%
37%
32%
36%
31%
30%
31%
26%
29%
34%
32%
31%
32%
34%
28%
35%
30%
41%
45% - 53%
39% - 44%
33% - 38%
26% - 32%
3
“College degree” means an associate degree, bachelor’s degree, or higher. National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS), 2008
26 (from
U.S. Census Bureau, 2008 American Community Survey Public Use Microdata Sample File.) http://www.higheredinfo.org
Arkansas
Louisiana
Nevada
West Virginia
New Mexico
Alaska
Oklahoma
Arizona
Tennessee
Texas
Alabama
Kentucky
Mississippi
Georgia
Idaho
South Carolina
Wyoming
Florida
California
Delaware
Indiana
Maine
Michigan
Montana
North Carolina
Ohio
Oregon
Missouri
Utah
Washington
Wisconsin
Colorado
Hawaii
Kansas
Virginia
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Nebraska
South Dakota
Vermont
Maryland
Connecticut
Iowa
New Hampshire
New Jersey
Minnesota
New York
North Dakota
Massachusetts
Current percentage of young adults
(25-34) with a college degree3
55%
30%
3
53%
50%
45%
40%
35%
26%
25%
20%
15%
10%
“College degree” means an associate degree, bachelor’s degree, or higher. National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS), 2008
27 (from
U.S. Census Bureau, 2008 American Community Survey Public Use Microdata Sample File.) http://www.higheredinfo.org
http://cew.georgetown.edu/jobs2018/states/
Arkansas’s rank in jobs forecasted for 2018
by education level unless there is a change
in the education our of workforce
Education Level
2018 Jobs
Rank
High school dropouts
178,000
9
High school graduates
519,000
2
Some college
108,000
47
Associate’s
334,000
17
Bachelor’s
217,000
47
Graduate
92,000
51
DC
ND
MN
MA
WA
CO
UT
NE
MD
HI
CT
VA
OR
NJ
NH
KS
IL
NY
AK
WY
VT
SD
MT
MI
IA
WI
RI
ID
CA
AZ
NC
MO
ME
FL
DE
NM
GA
PA
OK
OH
TX
SC
IN
AL
TN
NV
MS
KY
AR
LA
WV
45%
68%
67%
67%
66%
66%
66%
65%
65%
64%
64%
64%
64%
64%
64%
63%
63%
62%
62%
62%
62%
62%
62%
61%
61%
61%
61%
61%
71%
70%
70%
Percentage of jobs in 2018
that will require a
postsecondary education,
by state
49%
52%
51%
50%
59%
59%
59%
59%
59%
58%
58%
57%
57%
57%
56%
56%
55%
55%
54%
54%
54%
54%
55%
National Average
63% of all jobs will
require postsecondary
education by 2010
60%
65%
70%
75%
Addressing the need for an educated
Workforce
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Educating those closest to degree
Fine tuning our curricular delivery mechanisms
Sharing of information and students
Greater transferability
Graduating students
Percent of County Population
that hold Bachelors & Higher 2000
Benton
20.3%
Washington
24.5%
Crawford
9.7%
Carroll
13.8%
Madison
10.1%
Franklin
11%
Boone
12.7%
Newton
11.8%
Johnson
13.1%
Logan
9.4%
Fulton
10.5%
Baxter
12.8%
Marion
10.4%
Izard
11.7%
Searcy
8.4%
Pope
19%
Pike
Howard 10.1%
Sevier 11.6%
9.2%
Little River
9.9%
Clark
19.8%
Grant
11%
Dallas
9.6%
Hempstead
Nevada
11%
10.7% Ouachita
12.7%
Miller
12.5% Lafayette Columbia
9.5%
16.8%
White
15.5%
Lonoke
14.6%
Monroe
8.4%
Craighead
20.9%
Jefferson
15.7%
Cleveland
10%
Lincoln
7.6%
Arkansas
12.2%
Desha
11.1%
Drew
17.3%
Ashley
10.1%
Chicot
11.7%
U.S. Census Bureau
Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File 3 (SF 3)
Mississippi
11.3%
Poinsett
6.3%
Cross
9.9%
Crittenden
12.8%
St. Francis
9.6%
Lee
7.3%
Phillips
12.4%
Calhoun
7.3% Bradley
11.9%
Union
14.9%
Woodruff
8%
Prairie
9%
Greene
10.9%
Lawrence
8.5%
Independence
13.7%
Jackson
Cleburne
10.3%
13.9%
Conway
11.5% Faulkner
Sebastian
16.6%
25.2%
Yell
Perry
10.9%
11.1%
Scott
8.4%
Pulaski
28.1%
Saline
Garland
Montgomery
16.4%
Polk
18%
8.8%
10.9%
Hot Spring
11.2%
Sharp
10.3%
Stone
9.8%
Van Buren
11.5%
Clay
7.4%
Randolph
10.6%
Pulaski county is the
Arkansas
rankedat
51stthe
(16.7%)
only
county
Nation-wide in 2000 for
national
Bachelors &percentage
Higher
of college graduates
28.1%
18.1% - 28.1%
12.0% - 18.0%
6.3% - 11.9%
Percent of County Population
(Associate Degree Holder) 2000
Benton
4.6%
Washington
3.5%
Crawford
5.4%
Carroll
3.8%
Madison
2.5%
Franklin
4.5%
Boone
5.2%
Newton
3.4%
Johnson
2%
Logan
4%
Fulton
2.8%
Baxter
4.7%
Marion
4.7%
Van Buren
3.2%
Pope
3.5%
Independence
2.9%
Jackson
Cleburne
3.1%
4%
Little River
3.6%
Hot Spring
4%
Clark
3.2%
Grant
2.9%
Dallas
3%
Hempstead
Nevada
3.2%
2.4% Ouachita
4.9%
Miller
4% Lafayette Columbia
3.2%
2.9%
White
4%
Lonoke
5.3%
Monroe
3.2%
Craighead
3.5%
Mississippi
4%
Poinsett
2.2%
Cross
3.2%
Crittenden
3.2%
St. Francis
4.6%
Lee
4.3%
Phillips
4.9%
Jefferson
3.3%
Cleveland
3.4%
Calhoun
3.5% Bradley
2.3%
Union
4.2%
Woodruff
2%
Prairie
3.2%
Greene
2.9%
Lawrence
2.7%
Stone
2.5%
Conway
2.9%
Sebastian
Faulkner
6.4%
4.1%
Yell
Perry
1.8%
2.7%
Scott
3.6%
Pulaski
4.7%
Saline
Garland
Montgomery
5.1%
Polk
4.5%
4%
3.9%
Pike
Howard 2.4%
Sevier 3.4%
3.8%
Sharp
3.8%
Izard
4.3%
Searcy
3.7%
Clay
2.6%
Randolph
3.2%
Lincoln
3.3%
Arkansas
3.2%
Desha
2.1%
Drew
2.8%
Ashley
2.8%
Chicot
2.5%
U.S. Census Bureau
Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File 3 (SF 3)
Arkansas ranked 50th (4%)
Nation-wide in 2000 for
Associate Degree Holders
4.3% - 6.4%
3.1% - 4.2%
1.8% - 3.0%
Statewide and Institutions’
College Default Rate, Possible
Federal Consequences of
Default Increases, and Total
Loans by Institution
How college is paid for has changed
• In 1970’s: 80% of the cost of attendance could
be covered by a Pell grant
• Today, less than 40%
2005 Loan Default Rates
2.6%
2.3% (VT)
7.2%
6.9%
7.1%
6.8%
(5th)
6.9%
2.0%
5.5% - 7.2%
4.5% - 5.4%
3.1% - 4.4%
2.0% - 3.0%
Source: U.S. Department of Education
2.2% (DC)
2006 Loan Default Rates
2.4%
2.4%
2.4% (VT)
2.3%
7.4%
8.8%
9.7%
9.3%
7.6%
(4th)
6.8% - 9.7%
5.0% - 6.7%
3.6% - 4.9%
2.3% - 3.5%
Source: U.S. Department of Education
2007 Loan Default Rates
2.3%
3.1%
2.8%
9.3%
9.9%
9.0%
(4th)
8.8%
9.3%
7.6% - 9.9%
6.3% - 7.5%
4.5% - 6.2%
2.3% - 4.4%
Source: U.S. Department of Education
2008 Loan Default Rates
1.8%
2.9%
3.4%
9.9%
9.23%
9.6%
10.9%
10.15%
(2nd)
7.2% - 10.9%
6.0% - 7.1%
4.4% - 5.9%
1.8% - 4.3%
Source: U.S. Department of Education
U.S. Department of Education Official Student Loan Default Rates
Default Rate
ASUJ*
ATU
HSU
SAUM
UAF
UAFS
UALR
UAM
UAMS
UAPB
UCA
Total
Fiscal year
2006 2007 2008
7.7% 8.2% 10.1%
8.9% 9.3% 9.8%
6.2% 6.8% 9.8%
10.4% 11.5% 11.6%
2.3% 3.4% 4.3%
9.6% 11.2% 10.8%
6.9% 8.9% 9.1%
11.5% 13.4% 14.7%
0.2% 1.2% 1.6%
15.4% 15.9% 17.3%
6.9% 6.4% 9.4%
7.1%
8.3%
9.6%
Number of Loans In
Repay
Fiscal year
2006
2007
4,371 3,862
1,662 1,491
1,065
961
749
691
3,606 2,570
1,126 1,091
3,649 3,032
987
872
922
543
1,115 1,057
2,650 2,455
2008
3,787
1,560
857
723
2,459
1,083
2,967
825
594
915
2,483
21,902 18,625 18,253
US Average = 7.0%
*Includes ASUN, ASUMH.
Number of Loans in
Default
Fiscal year
2006 2007
2008
338
317
408
149
139
154
67
66
84
78
80
84
85
87
106
109
123
118
255
270
272
114
117
122
2
7
10
172
169
159
184
162
234
1,553
1,537
1,751
U.S. Department of Education Official Student Loan Default Rates
Default Rate
Fiscal year
ANC
ASUB
ASUMH
2006
10.8%
9.2%
2007
9.7%
8.9%
Number of Loans In Repay
Fiscal year
2008
12.8%
11.8%
2007
133
589
2008
132
633
2006
18
44
2007
13
53
2008
17
75
Included in ASUJ
Included in ASUJ
ASUN
BRTC
CCCUA
EACC
MSCC
NAC
NPCC
NWACC
OTC
OZC
PCCUA
PTC
RMCC
SACC
SAUT
SEAC
UACCB
UACCH
UACCM
2006
166
477
Number of Loans in Default
Fiscal year
376
381
328
48
55
40
68
94
121
7
11
26
322
169
580
71
218
152
2,362
350
253
532
107
186
115
2,719
324
267
594
101
201
94
2,684
36
22
40
11
36
15
245
56
47
42
12
14
10
336
30
43
53
10
25
20
400
276
128
254
304
77
179
243
107
279
355
72
242
221
112
291
356
68
237
29
17
53
42
10
20
24
17
38
68
9
28
20
12
36
66
8
18
11.2%
12.4%
13.3%
6,179
6,757
6,764
http://www.nslds.ed.gov/nslds_SA/defaultmanagement/search_cohort.cfm
Updated September 13, 2010 by USDOE
693
833
899
Total
12.7%
0.0%
10.2%
0.0%
11.1%
13.0%
6.8%
15.4%
16.5%
9.8%
10.3%
0.0%
10.5%
13.2%
20.8%
13.8%
12.9%
11.1%
14.4%
0.0%
11.7%
0.0%
16.0%
18.5%
7.8%
11.2%
7.5%
8.6%
12.3%
0.0%
9.8%
15.8%
13.6%
19.1%
12.5%
11.5%
12.1%
0.0%
21.4%
0.0%
9.2%
16.1%
8.9%
9.9%
13.9%
21.2%
14.9%
0.0%
9.0%
10.7%
12.3%
18.5%
11.7%
7.5%
Schools subject to loss of FFEL/FDSLP/Pell eligibility,
3 years of rates >=25.0%
A school subject to loss of eligibility to participate in the Federal
Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program, William D. Ford Federal
Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program, and/or Federal Pell Grant
Program has FY 2008, FY 2007, and FY 2006 official cohort `
rates that are 25.0% or greater. If a school fails to successfully
appeal this sanction, it will lose eligibility to participate in the
FFEL, Direct Loan, and/or Federal Pell Grant Program until
September 30, 2012. For more information on this sanction and
specific exceptions, please refer to the Cohort Default Rate
Guide.
Cost of Courses
Dropped Across the
State
Cost of Courses Dropped Across
the State
• Interesting question
– Ws occur after all expenses of the course are
encumbered. (faculty, facility assignment)
• W’s scattered among classes
• ADHE formula currently calculated on 80% of
census date and 20% end-of-term (No ‘W’s or ‘I’s)
• Current state funding of budget need is 77%
Interpolation
A rough calculation of student cost
Census Date
End-of-Term
Percent of Courses with I or W
Student Semester Credit Hours (SSCH)
Two-Year
Universities
Colleges
All
2,138,637
1,221,291
3,359,928
1,876,907
1,032,902
2,909,809
12.2%
15.4%
13.4%
Cost to Students In Tuition and Fees*
$55,169,310 $16,113,854 $71,283,163
ACT/SAT Cut Scores for Other States
Remediation cut scores of other states
2 Handouts
2010 Average ACT Scores by State
Percent of Average Average Average Average Average
State
Graduates Composite English
Math
Reading Science
Tested
Score
Score
Score
Score
Score
National
47
21.0
20.5
21.0
21.3
20.9
Texas
33
20.8
19.7
21.4
20.8
20.9
Georgia
44
20.7
20.1
20.7
20.9
20.5
Illinois
100
20.7
20.3
20.7
20.8
20.5
Oklahoma
73
20.7
20.4
19.9
21.2
20.6
West Virginia
64
20.7
20.7
19.6
21.3
20.6
Colorado
100
20.6
19.9
20.4
21.1
20.7
Alabama
78
20.3
20.4
19.5
20.7
20.2
Arkansas
81
20.3
20.1
19.9
20.6
20.2 40th
Louisiana
98
20.1
20.1
19.6
20.2
20.2
New Mexico
66
20.1
19.3
19.7
20.5
20.2
Arizona
28
20.0
18.9
20.4
20.2
19.9
South Carolina
52
20.0
19.2
20.1
20.0
20.0
Wyoming
100
20.0
19.0
19.8
20.4
20.1
District of
Columbia
29
19.8
19.5
19.9
20.2
19.2
Michigan
100
19.7
18.9
19.7
19.7
19.9
Tennessee
100
19.6
19.4
19.0
19.9
19.6
Florida
65
19.5
18.6
19.7
20.1
19.1
Kentucky
100
19.4
18.9
19.1
19.7
19.5
Mississippi
96
18.8
18.6
18.3
18.8
18.8
Jim Purcell
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